diff --git a/.agents/skills/build-seekdb-python-wheel/SKILL.md b/.agents/skills/build-seekdb-python-wheel/SKILL.md
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+---
+name: build-seekdb-python-wheel
+description: Build and verify pylibseekdb Python wheels from seekdb source on remote Linux x86_64 or macOS arm64 hosts. Use when a user asks to package seekdb from a commit, tag, or branch; the workflow fetches source through GitHub SSH, runs the seekdb-bindings build, applies release-only compiler policy, handles known remote failures, verifies both supported Python ABI wheels, and returns checksums and artifact paths.
+---
+
+# Build seekdb Python wheels
+
+Use the scripts in `oceanbase/seekdb-bindings`. Keep every build in a new isolated directory on the requested remote host.
+
+## Collect required inputs
+
+Require all three inputs before changing the remote host:
+
+- `build_host`: SSH target, such as a host alias, IP, or `user@host`.
+- `seekdb_ref`: seekdb commit hash, tag, or branch.
+- `wheel_version`: requested PEP 440 Python package version.
+
+If any are absent, ask the user for the missing values. Do not invent, infer, or reuse defaults for them.
+
+Determine the target platform from the request and remote host. Supported targets are Linux x86_64 and macOS arm64; ask if the requested target remains ambiguous after host inspection.
+
+Also determine whether this is an official release package. If the request is ambiguous and this changes the build result, ask. Add `-DDEFAULT_LOG_LEVEL=OB_LOG_LEVEL_DBA_WARN` only for an official release or when the user explicitly requests it. Do not add it to ordinary development packages.
+
+## Prepare the remote build
+
+1. Verify non-interactive SSH access, platform and architecture, free disk, and Python 3.11 or newer. Linux also requires a usable Docker or Podman runtime; macOS requires Xcode command-line tools and a usable macOS SDK.
+2. Verify GitHub SSH access with `ssh -T git@github.com`; its expected authentication success message still returns a nonzero status.
+3. Create a new build directory instead of reusing, deleting, or modifying an existing checkout.
+4. Clone `git@github.com:oceanbase/seekdb-bindings.git` through SSH. Record its resolved commit. Initialize only its top-level submodules:
+
+   ```bash
+   git -C bindings -c url.git@github.com:.insteadOf=https://github.com/ \
+     submodule update --init
+   ```
+
+   Do not use recursive submodule initialization: OpenSSL contains large optional test and fuzzing submodules that this wheel does not need.
+5. Fetch seekdb through SSH into a separate checkout and detach at the resolved commit:
+
+   ```bash
+   git -C seekdb-src init
+   git -C seekdb-src remote add origin git@github.com:oceanbase/seekdb.git
+   git -C seekdb-src fetch --depth 1 origin "$seekdb_ref"
+   git -C seekdb-src checkout --detach FETCH_HEAD
+   git -C seekdb-src rev-parse HEAD
+   ```
+
+6. Create a dedicated host virtual environment. On pyenv hosts, resolve a real interpreter path such as `$(pyenv prefix 3.12)/bin/python`; do not trust a shim for a version that is not active.
+
+If a network operation fails with `ProxyError`, HTTP 503 after CONNECT, or an apparent proxy tunnel failure, confirm direct connectivity and retry with every common proxy variable removed:
+
+```bash
+env -u http_proxy -u https_proxy -u HTTP_PROXY -u HTTPS_PROXY \
+    -u all_proxy -u ALL_PROXY command ...
+```
+
+Use the repository's configured package mirror when appropriate. Do not copy a differently versioned cached download under an expected filename; retain checksum integrity.
+
+## Build on Linux x86_64
+
+When the host checkout is mounted as `/seekdb`, current manylinux Git can reject it as dubious ownership. Check the isolated bindings script for an existing fix. If absent, add this line immediately after the inner container's `set -euo pipefail` in `scripts/build-seekdb-glibc228.sh`:
+
+```bash
+git config --global --add safe.directory /seekdb
+```
+
+Limit this compatibility edit to the isolated build checkout.
+
+Run:
+
+```bash
+./scripts/build-pylibseekdb-wheel.sh \
+  --build-seekdb \
+  --seekdb-git-url git@github.com:oceanbase/seekdb.git \
+  --seekdb-git-ref "$seekdb_ref" \
+  --seekdb-repo "$seekdb_checkout" \
+  --wheel-version "$wheel_version" \
+  --platform linux \
+  --arch x86_64
+```
+
+For an official release, append:
+
+```bash
+--seekdb-cmake-arg -DDEFAULT_LOG_LEVEL=OB_LOG_LEVEL_DBA_WARN
+```
+
+Set `PYTHON` to the dedicated virtualenv interpreter. Preserve the full build log and monitor the remote process through completion. Expect `cp311-cp311` and `cp312-abi3` wheels tagged `manylinux_2_28_x86_64`.
+
+## Build on macOS arm64
+
+Use low parallelism because the native seekdb build is memory-intensive:
+
+```bash
+export SDKROOT="$(xcrun --sdk macosx --show-sdk-path)"
+export CMAKE_BUILD_PARALLEL_LEVEL=2
+export MAKEFLAGS=-j2
+export TMPDIR=/tmp
+```
+
+`TMPDIR=/tmp` is required for tests that create a seekdb Unix socket. The default macOS per-user temporary path can make the socket path exceed the `AF_UNIX` limit and leave the test waiting even though seekdb started successfully.
+
+Current bindings scripts default both native macOS build stages to `-j2`. Verify
+that the isolated checkout still caps these commands before starting:
+
+- seekdb's `./build.sh ... --make -j...`
+- libseekdb's `cmake --build ... -j...`
+
+seekdb must not dynamically link RE2 or Abseil on macOS. An obsolete `-lre2`
+link caused `delocate` to copy RE2's componentized Abseil closure even though
+seekdb did not use it. The bindings script checks the staged seekdb, uses the
+standard `delocate` repair, and rejects a wheel containing RE2/Abseil or more
+than 20 bundled dylibs. If this check fails for an older seekdb ref, do not
+rebuild RE2 inside bindings; ask whether to backport the seekdb source fix or
+accept a dependency-heavy wheel.
+
+Run:
+
+```bash
+./scripts/build-pylibseekdb-wheel.sh \
+  --build-seekdb \
+  --seekdb-git-url git@github.com:oceanbase/seekdb.git \
+  --seekdb-git-ref "$seekdb_ref" \
+  --wheel-version "$wheel_version" \
+  --platform macos \
+  --arch arm64 \
+  --seekdb-cmake-arg -DCMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT="$SDKROOT" \
+  --cmake-arg -DCMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT="$SDKROOT"
+```
+
+For an official release, append:
+
+```bash
+--seekdb-cmake-arg -DDEFAULT_LOG_LEVEL=OB_LOG_LEVEL_DBA_WARN
+```
+
+Preserve the full build log and monitor free disk throughout the native build and wheel repair. Expect `cp311-cp311` and `cp312-abi3` wheels tagged `macosx_*_arm64`.
+
+### Diagnose the CMake 4.2 protoc failure
+
+If protobuf generation reports `Subprocess killed`, first run the exact vendor `protoc` command directly. If direct `protoc` and `/usr/bin/env ... protoc` succeed but the same command through `cmake -E env` fails, prefer a compatible CMake version. If that is unavailable, patch only the generated `deps/oblib/src/grpc/CMakeFiles/oblib_grpc.dir/build.make` in the isolated seekdb build so the failing command uses `/usr/bin/env` instead of `cmake -E env`, then retry the seekdb target incrementally at `-j1`. Record this workaround in the result. Do not apply it without reproducing this exact distinction.
+
+## Verify before delivery
+
+Do not report success merely because wheel files exist. Verify all applicable items:
+
+1. `git rev-parse HEAD` in seekdb matches the commit resolved from `seekdb_ref`, and record the bindings commit.
+2. For an official release, `build_release/CMakeCache.txt` contains `DEFAULT_LOG_LEVEL=OB_LOG_LEVEL_DBA_WARN`; where possible, confirm the macro in an actual compiler command.
+3. Confirm the staged seekdb is stripped and retain the debug-symbol path. On Linux, its maximum referenced GLIBC version must be no greater than `GLIBC_2.28`.
+4. Confirm `python/pyproject.toml` returned to its original version after the temporary override.
+5. Confirm wheel filenames and `METADATA` contain `wheel_version`.
+6. Confirm cibuildwheel's built-in test passed for both wheels and the `cp312-abi3` wheel passed strict ABI3 auditing.
+7. Run `scripts/verify-wheel.sh` explicitly against both wheels with real Python 3.11 and 3.12 interpreter paths. Also install and run `python/tests/connection_options_test.py` with the `cp312-abi3` wheel on Python 3.13 and 3.14. On macOS, keep `TMPDIR=/tmp` and restrict `PATH` per invocation when necessary so the script actually selects the intended interpreter.
+8. On macOS, inspect repaired native dependencies with `delocate-listdeps` and `otool -L`; wheel binaries must not retain absolute Homebrew paths.
+   The repaired wheel must contain no RE2 or Abseil dylib. For seekdb commit
+   `aeadfb274c414ccb78ac502c4268b289372fac77`, expect 8 bundled dylibs and 11
+   Mach-O files total. Treat more than 20 bundled dylibs as a packaging
+   regression unless a new direct dependency has been audited.
+9. Compute SHA-256 for each wheel and copy the wheels to the requested local destination. If none was provided, use the current bindings checkout's ignored `build/wheelhouse/`.
+
+Report the platform and architecture, resolved seekdb and bindings commits, release-flag policy, SDK and concurrency on macOS, any workaround used, wheel names, sizes, checksums, verification results, local paths, remote build directory, build log, and debug-symbol path.
diff --git a/.agents/skills/build-seekdb-python-wheel/agents/openai.yaml b/.agents/skills/build-seekdb-python-wheel/agents/openai.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5760981
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.agents/skills/build-seekdb-python-wheel/agents/openai.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+interface:
+  display_name: "Build seekdb Python Wheels"
+  short_description: "Build and verify Linux and macOS seekdb wheels"
+  default_prompt: "Use $build-seekdb-python-wheel to build and verify seekdb Python wheels from a requested ref."
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ea8ed15..f8fdf63 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 build/
 build-*/
+!/.agents/skills/build-seekdb-python-wheel/
+!/.agents/skills/build-seekdb-python-wheel/**
 compile_commands.json
 *.o
 *.a
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8039547..fc68ad6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -191,6 +191,12 @@ Set-ExecutionPolicy -Scope Process Bypass -Force
 
 `--wheel-version` temporarily patches `python/pyproject.toml` for the build (scikit-build-core does not read `CIBW_PROJECT_VERSION`) and restores it afterward.
 
+On macOS, seekdb must not dynamically link RE2 or Abseil. Those unused links
+previously caused `delocate` to bundle roughly 64 componentized Abseil dylibs.
+The one-shot script now checks the staged seekdb before packaging, uses standard
+`delocate`, and then rejects wheels containing RE2/Abseil or more than 20
+bundled dylibs.
+
 Run `./scripts/build-pylibseekdb-wheel.sh --help` for all options. Debug symbols are written to `build/seekdb.debug` by default.
 
 **Linux: build seekdb inside manylinux.** The wheel must be ABI-compatible with `manylinux_2_28`, so the `seekdb` binary you point `SEEKDB_BIN` at also needs to be built against glibc 2.28. `scripts/build-seekdb-glibc228.sh` runs `seekdb`'s own `build.sh` inside the manylinux image:
diff --git a/scripts/build-pylibseekdb-wheel.sh b/scripts/build-pylibseekdb-wheel.sh
index d831116..cc56a3e 100755
--- a/scripts/build-pylibseekdb-wheel.sh
+++ b/scripts/build-pylibseekdb-wheel.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #   2. Stripping the binary while saving debug symbols
 #   3. Configuring and building libseekdb for wheel packaging
 #   4. Running cibuildwheel (manylinux_2_28 on Linux; delocate on macOS)
+#   5. On macOS, rejecting accidental RE2/Abseil dependency expansion
 #
 # Supported platforms:
 #   - Linux x86_64 / aarch64 (manylinux_2_28 only)
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ SEEKDB_CMAKE_EXTRA=()
 PYTHON="${PYTHON:-}"
 USE_VENV="${USE_VENV:-1}"
 VENV_DIR="${VENV_DIR:-$ROOT/.venv}"
+MACOS_BUILD_JOBS="${MACOS_BUILD_JOBS:-2}"
 PYPROJECT="$ROOT/python/pyproject.toml"
 PYPROJECT_BACKUP=""
 WHEEL_SCRIPT_ARGS=()
@@ -105,7 +107,7 @@ Other:
 Environment variables: SEEKDB_BIN, SEEKDB_URL, SEEKDB_SHA256, SEEKDB_GIT_URL, SEEKDB_GIT_REF,
 SEEKDB_REPO, BUILD_SEEKDB, WHEEL_VERSION, PLATFORM, ARCH, OUTPUT_DIR, STRIP_SEEKDB,
 DEBUG_DIR, CIBW_BUILD, SKIP_TESTS, BUILD_TYPE, PYTHON, CONTAINER_RUNTIME, USE_VENV, VENV_DIR,
-SEEKDB_CMAKE_ARGS
+SEEKDB_CMAKE_ARGS, MACOS_BUILD_JOBS
 EOF
 }
 
@@ -252,7 +254,7 @@ build_seekdb_macos() {
   (
     cd "$src_dir"
     rm -rf "build_$BUILD_TYPE"
-    ./build.sh "$BUILD_TYPE" --init "${SEEKDB_CMAKE_EXTRA[@]}" --make -j"$(sysctl -n hw.ncpu 2>/dev/null || echo 4)"
+    ./build.sh "$BUILD_TYPE" --init "${SEEKDB_CMAKE_EXTRA[@]}" --make -j"$MACOS_BUILD_JOBS"
   )
 
   local bin
@@ -353,7 +355,13 @@ configure_bindings() {
 
 build_seekdb_library() {
   echo "==> building libseekdb"
-  cmake --build "$BUILD_DIR" --target seekdb -j"$(nproc 2>/dev/null || sysctl -n hw.ncpu 2>/dev/null || echo 4)"
+  local jobs
+  if [[ "$(uname -s)" == "Darwin" ]]; then
+    jobs="$MACOS_BUILD_JOBS"
+  else
+    jobs="$(nproc 2>/dev/null || echo 4)"
+  fi
+  cmake --build "$BUILD_DIR" --target seekdb -j"$jobs"
   [[ -f "$BUILD_DIR/seekdb" ]] || die "expected $BUILD_DIR/seekdb after build"
   [[ -f "$BUILD_DIR/libseekdb.so" || -f "$BUILD_DIR/libseekdb.dylib" ]] \
     || die "libseekdb not found under $BUILD_DIR"
@@ -374,6 +382,50 @@ restore_wheel_version() {
   rm -f "$PYPROJECT_BACKUP"
 }
 
+verify_macos_seekdb_dependencies() {
+  local seekdb_bin="$1"
+  local forbidden
+  need_cmd otool
+  forbidden="$(otool -L "$seekdb_bin" | grep -E -i 'lib(re2|absl)[^/]*\.dylib' || true)"
+  if [[ -n "$forbidden" ]]; then
+    echo "$forbidden" >&2
+    die "macOS seekdb dynamically links RE2/Abseil; remove the unused source dependency before packaging"
+  fi
+  echo "==> macOS seekdb has no dynamic RE2/Abseil dependency" >&2
+}
+
+verify_macos_wheel_dependencies() {
+  local wheel counts dylib_count forbidden_count
+  local -a wheels=("$OUTPUT_DIR"/*macosx*.whl)
+  [[ -e "${wheels[0]}" ]] || die "no macOS wheels found in $OUTPUT_DIR"
+
+  for wheel in "${wheels[@]}"; do
+    counts="$("$PYTHON" -c '
+import sys
+import zipfile
+
+with zipfile.ZipFile(sys.argv[1]) as archive:
+    dylibs = [
+        name for name in archive.namelist()
+        if (name.startswith(".dylibs/") or "/.dylibs/" in name) and name.endswith(".dylib")
+    ]
+    forbidden = [
+        name for name in dylibs
+        if "re2" in name.lower() or "absl" in name.lower()
+    ]
+print(len(dylibs), len(forbidden))
+' "$wheel")"
+    read -r dylib_count forbidden_count <<< "$counts"
+    [[ "$dylib_count" =~ ^[0-9]+$ && "$forbidden_count" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]] \
+      || die "could not inspect bundled dylibs in $wheel"
+    echo "==> $(basename "$wheel"): $dylib_count bundled dylibs, $forbidden_count RE2/Abseil" >&2
+    [[ "$forbidden_count" == "0" ]] \
+      || die "macOS wheel unexpectedly bundles RE2/Abseil: $wheel"
+    (( dylib_count <= 20 )) \
+      || die "macOS wheel bundles $dylib_count dylibs (limit: 20): $wheel"
+  done
+}
+
 run_cibuildwheel() {
   local platform="$1"
   mkdir -p "$OUTPUT_DIR"
@@ -480,6 +532,8 @@ main() {
   WHEEL_SCRIPT_ARGS=("$@")
   parse_args "$@"
   load_seekdb_cmake_extra_from_env
+  [[ "$MACOS_BUILD_JOBS" =~ ^[1-9][0-9]*$ ]] \
+    || die "MACOS_BUILD_JOBS must be a positive integer"
 
   local host_platform
   host_platform="$(detect_host_platform)"
@@ -522,9 +576,15 @@ main() {
   raw_bin="$(resolve_seekdb_bin)"
   prepared_bin="$(prepare_seekdb_binary "$raw_bin")"
 
+  if [[ "$target_platform" == "macos" ]]; then
+    verify_macos_seekdb_dependencies "$prepared_bin"
+  fi
   configure_bindings "$prepared_bin"
   build_seekdb_library
   run_cibuildwheel "$target_platform"
+  if [[ "$target_platform" == "macos" ]]; then
+    verify_macos_wheel_dependencies
+  fi
 
   echo ""
   echo "done."